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The ongoing overdose crisis in Canada has claimed the lives of over 50,000 people since 2016. Parents and professionals working with youth need to know how to protect not only themselves, but also young people who are using or considering using opioids, stimulants or sedatives for any purpose.

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The Addiction and the Family International Network (AFINet) promotes, through research, practice, and policy, the well-being of family members, friends, and colleagues who are affected by and/or concerned about another person's problems or addiction to alcohol, drugs, or gambling.

Click here to register for this free presentation on September 10th, 2024 at 12:00PM - 1:30PM.
(12:00-1:00PM presentation with 30 minute Q&A period available afterward)

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Join Drug Free Kids Canada for a free webinar session!

🗓️ Date & Time: February 28th at 1pm (EST)

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Course Overview

The Division of Mental Health and Addiction invites you to the event "Preparing for the holidays: What's new, what's true, how to create non-alcoholic brew: Canada's Guidance on Alcohol and Health."

The objective of the session is to help prepare family physicians to have meaningful conversations with patients about the new guidelines on alcohol and health.

At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

Join an upcoming webinar related to alcohol use disorder!

A new Canadian clinical guideline for the treatment of high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder will be published in mid-October. The guideline co-chairs, Drs. Evan Wood and Jürgen Rehm, will present an overview of the guideline’s recommendations and practical tips for implementing them. The webinar will cover strategies for screening and diagnosis, as well as the range of treatment options, along with the evidence behind each of these strategies.

In collaboration with Drug Free Kids Canada.org, IAM presents:

Youth Substance Use Prevention

Spotlight on Cannabis, Alcohol and Vaping: Get the facts and practical tools for talking to youth

The webinar provides facts and information about the present landscape of cannabis, alcohol vaping and youth and how it is affecting families, as well as practical tools to engage in meaningful conversations with families about youth substance use prevention.

Cost: No charge

Outline:

Alcohol-linked causes lead to approximately 17,000 Canadian deaths annually. However, alcohol products sold in Canada are not required to be labelled with their health risks. In this commentary, the authors offer rationales for why it is important to mandate labelling of all alcohol products, summarize Canadian initiatives to legislate alcohol warning labels and address myths and misconceptions about alcohol labels.

The Ontario Public Health Association’s Alcohol Workgroup is pleased to host this webinar that will provide an overview of the recent Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation (CAPE) project as it pertains to Ontario, as well as provide updates regarding OPHA’s recent actions to influence alcohol policy and upcoming opportunities to get involved.

As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) continue to be at a greater risk for COVID-19 infection and complications. PWUD are more likely to get infected due to being in crowded environments, and facing barriers to accessing drug services, safe drug-using equipment, and vital medications. COVID-19 vaccines and boosters may therefore be an effective way to reduce potential harms of the virus among PWUD.

This is a support group for adult women who are in the process of reducing or quitting their alcohol, cannabis or other substance use.

The group would be ideal as a supplement to longer term individual therapy and members are ideally ready to commit to the group longer term after a trial month. Current members are intelligent, self-reflective, supportive,  and committed to the group.

Over the past three years, the child and youth mental health and addictions sector has learned how to put knowledge in action in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, leveraging new ways to share research, best practices and guidance to shape service access and delivery for children, young people and families.